The operational model of a network for managing patients with convulsive epilepsy in rural West China

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-81

  Liu, Ling ^a   Zhang, Qin ^a   Yao, Zhiping ^a   Wang, Xiaowen ^b   Zhu, Cairong ^b   Gao, Yali ^c   He, Jun ^c   Wang, Zhuo ^c   Zhang, Ningmei ^c   D'Souza, Wendyl ^d   Zhou, Dong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Sichuan Center of Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convulsive epilepsy; Network; Phenobarbital; Primary health care; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

PHENOBARBITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCESS MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RASH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SEIZURE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHENOBARBITAL; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72949084391     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.10.013     Document Type: Article

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